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European medieval art, philosophy and literature were significantly shaped by French culture and its intellectual and literary achievements. This reference work, for the first time in the history of literary studies, provides a comprehensive overview of language elements, poetic forms and genres, motifs, themes and works of the German and Dutch medieval literature between about 1100 and 1300, which were based on influences and models from France.

The handbook documents the immense attraction of French culture of that era as well as the creative appropriation, adaptation and...

Diffuse dans le monde entier, implante dans des environnements nouveaux, le francais s'est trouve en contact avec d'autres langues qui l'ont influence a differents degres dans son evolution et son epanouissement. Cet ouvrage propose un panorama des modalites d'existence diverses auxquelles ces interactions ont donne naissance dans l'Hexagone et en dehors. Apres deux exposes generaux, vingt-neuf contributions presentent chacune une zone specifique pour en decrire la situation sociolinguistique historique et actuelle, les politiques d'amenagement linguistique externe et interne, ainsi que...

This volume assembles articles by some 50 authors from three continents. The subjects discussed are very varied but they all fit under the heading "Languages and Societies in Contact." Most of them illuminate some aspect of l'amenagement linguistique (language management), a term coined, defined and illustrated by Jean-Claude Corbeil. The articles are arranged under seven major headings: language policy; terminology; language industries; lexicology, lexicography and international language organisation; linguistic change and varieties; language management and the social sciences;...

On cite assez souvent l'existence d'une marque quelconque donnee a un mot par tel dictionnaire: 'familier', 'vieux', etc. Mais un jugement n'a de valeur que dans un ensemble socio-culturel; pour en mesurer la valeur veritable, il faut connaitre le cadre ideologique et methodologique dans lequel il a ete porte. L'ouvrage, se placant au point de vue empirique de l'histoire de la linguistique et de la culture, compare, sur un meme echantillon, les donnees de 14 dictionnaires de Lavaux (1820) au "Nouveau Larousse Illustre" (1897-1904). Six types de marques sont successivement etudiees:...

Das Buch behandelt in drei Hauptteilen Aspekte der gegenwartigen franzosischen Sprachpolitik und ihrer Europatauglichkeit. Das erste Kapitel liefert den geschichtlichen, systematischen und politisch-ideologischen Gesamtrahmen fur das Thema. Es zeigt die Brisanz auf, die diese Politik fur die Sprecher besitzt, etwa mit Blick auf die Urteile, mit denen Verstoe gegen die jungsten Sprachgesetze, die "loi Bas-Lauriol" von 1975 und die "loi Toubon" von 1994, geahndet werden. Das zweite Kapitel ist sprachwissenschaftlich ausgerichtet und analysiert das von offizieller Seite zur Verfugung...

The Romanistische Arbeitshefte (Romance Studies Workbooks), edited by Georgia Veldre-Gerner and Volker Noll since 2004, have been constant and reliable companions for studentsof Romance Studies for over forty years. In their conception, they are designed as a reflection of the present state of research with an orientation towards application andthespecificneeds and difficulties of students. Thus they provide a reliable instrument for getting to grips with various areas of Romance linguistic studies and encourage students to utilise their newly-acquired knowledge with integrated...

The book series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift fur romanische Philologie, founded by Gustav Grober in 1905, is among the most renowned publications in Romance Studies. It covers the entire field of Romance linguistics, including the national languages as well as the lesser studied Romance languages.

The editors welcome submissions of high-quality monographs and collected volumes on all areas of linguistic research, on medieval literature and on textual criticism. The publication languages of the series are French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian as well as German and...